Cameryn with a y: Smith's Come to Austin!

Wow what a week! It has been filled to the minute with fun and work! Chris came back from Chicago and Kansas. He liked both of them but thought Kansas was more family friendly. Knowing me I would probably like Chicago better just because I like big cities. I worked this last week. It has been fun at the Texas Running Company, I love to learn about running and talk to people about it. They think of you as if you were their running doctor going to you with all their problems. Honestly, the people there are probably better than a doctor because they have gone through it themselves and have seen so many people with their symptoms of knee pain, plantar fascia, shin splints etc. I work with all testosterone, Brock a kid who just graduated from UT we just hired, is trying to become a professional runner. He runs 100+ miles a week. I don't know how he does it. We were talking about running with music and he said that he can't because then he will run super fast and get burned out. Instead he listens to his own breathing and he can tell how fast he is going by his own breathing! Isn't that pretty amazing? He said he can tell if he is at a 6:20 pace compared to a 6:30 pace. I guess if you are going to be a professional runner you got to be that in tune with your body.

I received an email on Monday to give a talk on the Grace of God. Oh what a topic, it is hard, serious, and pretty important subject. There are a lot of converts in our church and investigators that have been affiliated with the Baptists and they are known for 'being saved by grace'. I looked up the definition of grace until Saturday night. It is a word where you can't exactly define every bit of it. I put in a joke (as jokingly you can with grace) and a few analogies, general conference quotes etc. It turned out to be a good talk at least that's what people were telling me, unless they were just trying to be nice ;). If anyone wants a copy let me know.

Karen and Brian came to visit! We went to San Antonio where we showed them the temple we go to. We then went to see the famous 'Remember the Alamo' and is that pretty exciting...they asked me what my favorite part there was and I said the tree! They have this amazing oak tree that covers you like a dome. The Alamo is pretty small but a good scene for the tourists. We even sat for a 15 min video explaining The Alamo, I may have fallen asleep I'm not going to confirm or deny that. We ate dinner on the Riverwalk and talked about Chris's residency interviews. He claimed in one question where the Chairman asked, "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" Chris says, "In a Rockband". When he said this I started having seizures.

Day 2 of the Smith adventure I had to work. The Smith's came and visited me and stayed two hours trying on different shoes. I got to analyze their running on our Get Fit monitor and measure their feet. They bought shoes for the family and got my sweet deal of 50% off. Chris was excited about his cute new outfit :) and loves the shoes that I picked out for him. After we went to Costco where the Smith's were generous enough to buy us a load of snacks that will last us about a year. Chris says I was in Heaven. I love Costco, whoever invented Costco is a genius. Karen got me the book called Pillars of the Earth, I will have to start reading it and we can compare thoughts!

Day 3 I had to work...but I got to go to a social media marketing meeting downtown that switched up the scenery a bit. Sean did not get the point why he was there. Neither did I. He kept complaining and making it awkward not engaging in the discussion. I am in charge of the stores social media and marketing events. He let me leave a bit early, and I made it to the soccer game with the TCats! We won 3-2, Chris scored a goal, I didn't get to see it, but he is a pretty good soccer player! We went to Trunk or Treat after for our ward. We were in charge of pinning the hat on the witch. I drew a big witch on a broom. Chris and I dressed up...in our soccer uniform, we were soccer players since we didn't have costumes this year. We didn't bother since Chris will be gone for Halloween in Arkansas. It was cute to see the kids in their costumes and a couple of them loved our game so much they just kept rotating through it. It could of been because we had good candy as well, or maybe they just loved my drawing so much. Either way we had a good time. After Trunk or Treat we went to The County Line. A BBQ joint that felt like you were in the Home of Texas. Stuffed ducks hung around the fire place mantel and the wooden cabin felt cozy from the cold front we had this week.